diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index 06849ccd..95ef82e6 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ gem "omniauth-facebook", "3.0.0"
 gem "colored"
 
 # Background jobs
-gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.5"
+gem "sidekiq", "~> 7.2"
 
 # Structured seed data
 gem "seedbank"
diff --git a/backend/Gemfile.lock b/backend/Gemfile.lock
index c3ffe674..018d4ad6 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Gemfile.lock
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 1.0)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.1.0)
-    redis (4.8.1)
+    redis-client (0.21.1)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.9.0)
     request_store (1.5.0)
       rack (>= 1.4)
@@ -397,10 +398,11 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 10.0)
     shoulda-matchers (6.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
-    sidekiq (6.5.10)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
+    sidekiq (7.2.2)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.19.0)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-progressbar
   seedbank
   shoulda-matchers
-  sidekiq (~> 6.5)
+  sidekiq (~> 7.2)
   simplecov
   standardrb
   symmetric-encryption